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Physical meaning of conditionally convergent series: the calculation of the Madelung constant 条件收敛级数的物理意义:马德隆常数的计算
IF 0.7 4区 教育学 Q3 Physics and Astronomy Pub Date : 2024-03-26 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6404/ad37e3
J. Etxebarria
Conditionally convergent series are infinite series whose result depends on the order of the sum. One of the most famous examples of conditionally convergent series of interest in Physics is the calculation of Madelung's constant α in ionic crystals. The appearance of this type of series is quite disturbing to students and often causes misunderstandings. In this work we analyze the physical meaning of the conditional convergence from a pedagogical point of view. The problem is posed using a toy model of ionic crystal in which the lattice sums can be calculated explicitly for various forms of expansion of the crystal about a central core. It is seen directly how the Coulomb series does not converge to α when there are charge accumulations on the surfaces. Therefore, it becomes clear what the appropriate strategy should be when choosing the order of summation to arrive at the correct value of α.
条件收敛级数是其结果取决于和的阶次的无穷级数。物理学中最著名的条件收敛级数例子之一是离子晶体中马德隆常数 α 的计算。这类数列的出现对学生造成了相当大的困扰,并经常引起误解。在这项工作中,我们从教学角度分析了条件收敛的物理意义。问题是通过一个离子晶体的玩具模型提出的,在这个模型中,可以明确计算晶体围绕中心核的各种膨胀形式的晶格和。我们可以直接看到,当表面有电荷积聚时,库仑级数不会收敛到 α。因此,在选择求和顺序以得出 α 的正确值时,应该采取什么适当的策略就变得很清楚了。
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The magnetic field does not perform work - or does it? 磁场不做功,还是做功?
IF 0.7 4区 教育学 Q3 Physics and Astronomy Pub Date : 2024-03-26 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6404/ad37e4
Heinz-Juergen Benno Schmidt, Thomas Broecker
We investigate the question discussed in the literature as to whether the magnetic field can perform work using two models that describe interacting magnetic dipoles. In the first model, the dipoles are realized by rigidly rotating charge clouds, whereas in the second model, one of the two dipoles is described by a real macroscopic spin density. The theoretical foundations of the second model are formulated in a recently published paper. We derive equations of motion and detailed energy balance for both models when the initial magnetic moments are parallel to the connecting line of the initial dipole positions. In this scenario the ``large" dipole remains stationary and generates external magnetic field in which the ``small" dipole is accelerated. The answer to the title question depends on the choice of criteria for ``work of the magnetic field".
我们利用两个描述相互作用磁偶极子的模型,研究了文献中讨论的磁场是否能做功的问题。在第一个模型中,偶极子由刚性旋转的电荷云实现,而在第二个模型中,两个偶极子中的一个由真实的宏观自旋密度描述。最近发表的一篇论文阐述了第二种模型的理论基础。当初始磁矩平行于初始偶极位置的连线时,我们推导出这两种模型的运动方程和详细的能量平衡。在这种情况下,"大 "偶极子保持静止,并产生外部磁场,"小 "偶极子在其中加速。标题问题的答案取决于 "磁场工作 "标准的选择。
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Electrostatic potential of a uniformly charged annulus 均匀带电环面的静电势
IF 0.7 4区 教育学 Q3 Physics and Astronomy Pub Date : 2024-03-19 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6404/ad2cf6
Orion Ciftja, Cleo L Bentley Jr
The calculation of the electrostatic potential and/or electrostatic field due to a continuous distribution of charge is a well-covered topic in all calculus-based undergraduate physics courses. The most common approach is to consider bodies with uniform charge distribution and obtain the quantity of interest by integrating over the contributions from all the differential charges. The examples of a uniformly charged disk and ring are prominent in many physics textbooks since they illustrate well this technique at least for special points or directions of symmetry where the calculations are relatively simple. Surprisingly, the case of a uniformly charged annulus, namely, an annular disk, is largely absent from the literature. One might speculate that a uniformly charged annulus is not extremely interesting since after all, it is a uniformly charged disk with a central circular hole. However, we show in this work that the electrostatic potential created by a uniformly charged annulus has features that are much more interesting than one might have expected. A uniformly charged annulus interpolates between a uniformly charged disk and ring. However, the results of this work suggest that a uniformly charged annulus has such electrostatic features that may be essentially viewed as ring-like. The ring-like characteristics of the electrostatic potential of a uniformly charged annulus are evident as soon as a hole is present no matter how small the hole might be. The solution of this problem allows us to draw attention to the pedagogical aspects of this overlooked, but very interesting case study in electrostatics. In our opinion, the problem of a uniformly charged annulus and its electrostatic properties deserves to be treated at more depth in all calculus-based undergraduate physics courses covering electricity and magnetism.
计算电荷连续分布所产生的静电势和/或静电场是所有微积分本科物理课程中都会涉及到的内容。最常见的方法是考虑具有均匀电荷分布的物体,并通过对所有微分电荷的贡献进行积分来获得感兴趣的量。均匀带电的圆盘和环的例子在许多物理教科书中都很突出,因为它们很好地说明了这一技术,至少对于特殊点或对称方向,计算相对简单。令人惊讶的是,文献中基本上没有关于均匀带电的环面,即环形盘的例子。人们可能会猜测,均匀带电的环面并不十分有趣,因为它毕竟是一个带有中心圆孔的均匀带电圆盘。然而,我们在这项研究中表明,均匀带电环面所产生的静电势具有比人们想象的要有趣得多的特点。均匀带电的环形体介于均匀带电的圆盘和环形体之间。然而,这项工作的结果表明,均匀带电的环状体所具有的静电特征基本上可以被看作是环状的。一旦出现孔洞,无论孔洞有多小,均匀带电环面静电势的环状特征都会显现出来。通过解决这个问题,我们可以关注这个被忽视但却非常有趣的静电学案例研究的教学方面。我们认为,在所有以微积分为基础、涵盖电学和磁学的本科物理课程中,都应该更深入地讨论均匀带电环面及其静电特性问题。
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Revisiting the bound states of a confined delta potential 重温约束三角势的束缚态
IF 0.7 4区 教育学 Q3 Physics and Astronomy Pub Date : 2024-03-19 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6404/ad2ec1
Luiz G M Ramos, Antonio S de Castro
The stationary states of a particle under the influence of a delta potential confined by impenetrable walls are investigated using the method of expansion in orthogonal functions. The eigenfunctions of the time-independent Schrödinger equation are expressed in closed form by using a pair of closed-form expressions for series available in the literature. The analysis encompasses both attractive and repulsive potentials with arbitrary couplings. Confinement significantly impacts the quantum states and introduces a scenario of double degeneracy including the ground state. Analysis extends to discuss the transition to unconfinement. This research holds particular significance for educators and students engaged in mathematical methods applied to physics and quantum mechanics within undergraduate courses, offering valuable insights into the complex relationships among profiles of potentials, boundary conditions, and the resulting quantum phenomena.
利用正交函数展开法研究了在不可穿透的墙壁限制的三角势影响下粒子的静止状态。与时间无关的薛定谔方程的特征函数通过使用文献中的一对数列闭式表达式来表示。分析包括具有任意耦合的吸引力和排斥力势。束缚对量子态产生了重大影响,并引入了包括基态在内的双重退化情形。分析扩展到讨论向非约束的过渡。这项研究对于在本科课程中将数学方法应用于物理学和量子力学的教育工作者和学生来说具有特别重要的意义,它为了解势的剖面、边界条件以及由此产生的量子现象之间的复杂关系提供了宝贵的见解。
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Multivariable calculus textbook representation of non-cartesian coordinates: a misalignment between multivariable calculus textbook content and upper-division physics application 多变量微积分教科书对非笛卡尔坐标的表述:多变量微积分教科书内容与高年级物理应用之间的错位
IF 0.7 4区 教育学 Q3 Physics and Astronomy Pub Date : 2024-03-19 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6404/ad2b98
Chaelee Dalton, Brian Farlow, Warren M Christensen
Upper-division undergraduate physics coursework necessitates a firm grasp on and fluid use of mathematical knowledge, including an understanding of non-cartesian (specifically polar, spherical and cylindrical) coordinates and how to use them. A limited body of research into physics students’ thinking about coordinate systems suggests that even for upper-division students, understanding of coordinate system concepts is emergent. To more fully grasp upper-division physics students’ incoming understanding of non-cartesian coordinates, the prevalence of non-cartesian content in seven popular Calculus textbooks was studied. Using content analysis techniques, a coding scheme was developed to gain insight into the presentation of coordinate system content both quantitatively and qualitatively. An initial finding was that non-cartesian basis unit vectors were absent in all but one book. A deeper analysis of three of the calculus textbooks showed that cartesian coordinates comprise an overwhelming proportion of the textbooks’ content and that qualitatively the cartesian coordinate system is presented as the default coordinate system. Quantitative and qualitative results are presented with implications for how these results might impact physics teaching and research at the middle and upper-division.
高年级本科生的物理课程学习需要牢固掌握和流畅运用数学知识,包括了解非笛卡尔坐标(特别是极坐标、球坐标和圆柱坐标)以及如何使用它们。对物理学生坐标系思维的有限研究表明,即使是高年级学生,对坐标系概念的理解也是渐进的。为了更全面地了解高年级物理学生对非笛卡尔坐标的理解,我们研究了七本流行的微积分教科书中的非笛卡尔内容。利用内容分析技术,制定了一个编码方案,以便从定量和定性两个方面深入了解坐标系内容的呈现方式。一个初步发现是,除一本教科书外,其他所有教科书中都没有非笛卡尔基单位矢量。对其中三本微积分教科书的深入分析显示,直角坐标系在教科书内容中占了压倒性的比例,而且从质量上看,直角坐标系是默认的坐标系。定量和定性结果的呈现,以及这些结果可能对中高年级物理教学和研究产生的影响。
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A horizontally driven inverted pendulum 水平驱动的倒立摆
IF 0.7 4区 教育学 Q3 Physics and Astronomy Pub Date : 2024-03-14 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6404/ad2cf5
Rod Cross
An inverted pendulum can be stabilised by hand or by a high frequency sinusoidal vertical oscillation of the bottom end or by feedback control if a horizontal force is applied at the bottom end. The pendulum is unstable if a sinusoidal force is applied in a horizontal direction at the bottom end. It is shown in the present paper that an inverted pendulum can be stabilised if a low frequency horizontal force is applied at the bottom end to right the pendulum after it falls through a small angle. The technique requires a measurement of the fall angle but is not sensitive to the actual fall angle. The technique represents a simple example of feedback control and is more easily understood than vertical oscillation of the bottom end.
如果在底端施加水平力,可以用手或底端高频正弦垂直摆动或反馈控制来稳定倒立摆。如果在底端施加水平方向的正弦力,摆就会不稳定。本文表明,如果在底端施加一个低频水平力,使摆锤在下落一个小角度后回正,就可以稳定倒立摆。该技术需要测量下落角度,但对实际下落角度并不敏感。该技术是反馈控制的一个简单例子,比底端垂直摆动更容易理解。
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Speckle interference for naked-eye detection of vibrations 肉眼检测振动的斑点干涉技术
IF 0.7 4区 教育学 Q3 Physics and Astronomy Pub Date : 2024-03-13 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6404/ad336d
Zahid García Córdova, Dana Sofia Limón, Jesus Alejandro Torres
An affordable optical project for students is explained in this work. The experiment only requires a handheld laser illuminating a structure with stationary vibrations induced, but the interpretation of this phenomenon demands a strong understanding of optical interference and modal behavior of a bar. The operating principle employs the speckle phenomenon, which is a type of interference between coherent light incident on a rough surface and its reflection. This interference occurs in a luminous plane outside of the vibrating object and shows a granular structure due to the brightness fluctuations. Speckle is static but if the surface illuminated oscillates, the plane of interference moves from one side to the other, causing a streak pattern. Mode shapes of the object under examination can be naked eye detected from streak patterns. What is more, this phenomenon can be photographed using a manual focus digital camera. Therefore all the components of the procedure can be available (or acquired) by almost any physics laboratory, at any level, which would be unthinkable for optical experiments just a few years ago.
本作品为学生们讲解了一个经济实惠的光学项目。该实验只需要用手持激光器照射一个会引起静态振动的结构,但要解释这一现象,需要对光学干涉和棒的模态行为有深刻的理解。工作原理采用了斑点现象,这是一种相干光入射到粗糙表面后与其反射之间的干涉。这种干涉发生在振动物体外部的发光平面上,由于亮度波动而呈现颗粒状结构。斑点是静态的,但如果照射的表面发生振动,干涉平面就会从一侧移动到另一侧,从而产生条纹图案。肉眼可以从条纹图案中检测出被测物体的模式形状。此外,还可以使用手动对焦数码相机拍摄这种现象。因此,几乎任何级别的物理实验室都可以提供(或获取)该程序的所有组件,这在几年前的光学实验中是无法想象的。
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Trajectory of a golf ball on a sloping green 高尔夫球在倾斜果岭上的运动轨迹
IF 0.7 4区 教育学 Q3 Physics and Astronomy Pub Date : 2024-03-12 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6404/ad2c2d
Rod Cross
Calculations are presented on the trajectory of a golf ball that rolls across the inclined surface of a golf green. The ball follows a curved path and comes to a stop at a point displaced at an angle to the initial launch direction. It is shown that the displaced angle is independent of the launch speed but depends on the launch angle and the ratio of the incline angle to the coefficient of rolling friction. The stopping distance is proportional to the launch speed squared. A simple experiment is described to check the calculations.
计算高尔夫球在高尔夫果岭倾斜表面上滚动的轨迹。高尔夫球沿着弯曲的轨迹移动,最后停在一个与初始发射方向成一定角度的位移点上。实验表明,位移角与发射速度无关,但取决于发射角和倾斜角与滚动摩擦系数之比。停止距离与发射速度的平方成正比。描述了一个简单的实验来检验计算结果。
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Derivation of the Schrödinger equation from QED 从 QED 推导出薛定谔方程
IF 0.7 4区 教育学 Q3 Physics and Astronomy Pub Date : 2024-03-12 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6404/ad2c2f
Spyros Efthimiades
The Schrödinger equation relates the emergent quantities of wavefunction and electric potential and is postulated as a principle of quantum physics or obtained heuristically. However, physical consistency requires that the Schrödinger equation is a low-energy dynamical condition we can derive from the foundations of quantum electrodynamics. Due to the small value of the electromagnetic coupling constant, we show that the electric potential accurately represents the contributions of intermediate low-energy photon exchanges. Then, from the total nonrelativistic energy relation, we see that the dominant term of the electron wavefunction is a superposition of plane waves that satisfies the Schrödinger equation. Our derivation shows that the Schrödinger equation is not an energy conservation relation because its middle term does not represent the electron kinetic energy as assumed. We analyze the physical content of the Schrödinger equation and verify our assessments by calculating and evaluating the physical quantities in the ground state of the hydrogen atom. Furthermore, we explain why nonrelativistic quantum dynamics differs from classical dynamics. Undergraduate students can follow the derivation because it involves fundamental physical concepts and mathematical expressions, and we explain every step.
薛定谔方程关系到波函数和电动势这两个突现量,它被假定为量子物理学的一个原理,或通过启发式方法获得。然而,物理一致性要求薛定谔方程是我们可以从量子电动力学基础中推导出的低能动力学条件。由于电磁耦合常数的值很小,我们证明电势准确地代表了中间低能光子交换的贡献。然后,从总的非相对论能量关系中,我们发现电子波函数的主导项是平面波的叠加,满足薛定谔方程。我们的推导表明,薛定谔方程并不是能量守恒关系,因为它的中间项并不像假设的那样代表电子动能。我们分析了薛定谔方程的物理内容,并通过计算和评估氢原子基态的物理量验证了我们的评估。此外,我们还解释了非相对论量子动力学不同于经典动力学的原因。由于推导过程涉及基本的物理概念和数学表达式,而且我们对每一步都进行了解释,因此本科生可以跟上推导过程。
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The initial trajectory of a ball released from uniform circular motion 从匀速圆周运动中释放出来的小球的初始轨迹
IF 0.7 4区 教育学 Q3 Physics and Astronomy Pub Date : 2024-03-12 DOI: 10.1088/1361-6404/ad2c2e
Milan Batista
This short paper presents a simple analytical model for the abrupt termination of circular motion, as discussed in the ‘The Most Mind-Blowing Aspect of Circular Motion’. The model confirms that when a string is released, a ball at the far end of the string continues to move in a near-circular motion for a short time.
这篇短文介绍了 "圆周运动最令人震惊的方面 "中讨论的圆周运动突然终止的简单分析模型。该模型证实,当松开绳子时,绳子远端的小球会在短时间内继续做近似圆周运动。
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